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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 669314" data-attributes="member: 60724"><p>Josey, don't they have "guidance counselors" anymore? PSATs, etc?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Something has to break the cycle. Kids aren't prepared for college because parents aren't involved and/or motivating their kids to go to college.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There's not week that goes by that we don't talk with our 8th grader about why good grades are important, why AP courses are needed, and what it takes to get into a good school. Neither of my parents went to college, heck, neither of them even graduated highschool, yet I have a master's degree.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My wife, was the same way with her family. She and her oldest brother went to college (out of six kids) and that was a first for her side. She filled out and GAVE her mom the financial aid forms fall of her senior year in high school. Her folks were poor, dirt poor, so she even gave her the money for submitting the forms; she just needed her mom to sign it and send it in.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Several months later she found out her mom never sent them in. The paperwork was between the mattresses of her mom and dad's bet, minus the cash for the registration fee.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Parents are to blame, not the kids, and typically their parents before them. It is generational, but ultimately it takes ONLY ONE kid to break the cycle.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>How about mandatory sterilization for 2nd and 3rd generation welfare recipients? Seems like that might solve the problem! Give me SOME OTHER solution, and I will listen.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TJR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Rogers, post: 669314, member: 60724"] Josey, don't they have "guidance counselors" anymore? PSATs, etc? Something has to break the cycle. Kids aren't prepared for college because parents aren't involved and/or motivating their kids to go to college. There's not week that goes by that we don't talk with our 8th grader about why good grades are important, why AP courses are needed, and what it takes to get into a good school. Neither of my parents went to college, heck, neither of them even graduated highschool, yet I have a master's degree. My wife, was the same way with her family. She and her oldest brother went to college (out of six kids) and that was a first for her side. She filled out and GAVE her mom the financial aid forms fall of her senior year in high school. Her folks were poor, dirt poor, so she even gave her the money for submitting the forms; she just needed her mom to sign it and send it in. Several months later she found out her mom never sent them in. The paperwork was between the mattresses of her mom and dad's bet, minus the cash for the registration fee. Parents are to blame, not the kids, and typically their parents before them. It is generational, but ultimately it takes ONLY ONE kid to break the cycle. How about mandatory sterilization for 2nd and 3rd generation welfare recipients? Seems like that might solve the problem! Give me SOME OTHER solution, and I will listen. TJR [/QUOTE]
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